PAST: Arts Forum at AU's Katzen Center this SAT, Oct 25th, 2:00- 4:00pm, Free

Arts Forum: "Torture and Representation"
October 25th from 2:00-4:00pm
The Katzen Center, American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW (Ward Circle)

USA Artist Daniel Heyman, Professor Julie Mertus, and attorney Katherine Gallagher will explore the issues of artistic and legal representations of victims of torture in a panel discussion moderated by Sarah Anderson. This event is sponsored by Foreign Policy In Focus and Provisions Library and is connected to an exhibit called "Close Encounters: Facing the Future,"" also at the Katzen Center, which runs through October 26. The "Close Encounters" exhibit is part of BrushFire, a national arts initiative organized by Provisions Library and focusing on social activist art in the run-up to the November elections.

http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/katzen/

Metro: Tenleytown, you can take a bus or the free AU shuttle to The Katzen Cneter